Taking physick [graphic].

Description

Title: Taking physick [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1800 February 6
Copyright Date: [6 February 1800]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "An unshaven man, wearing only nightcap, shirt, breeches, and slippers, stands by the fireside grimacing with disgust, a medicine-bottle in one hand, full cup in the other. A dying fire, bare boards, and medicine-bottles on the chimney-piece add to the impression of discomfort."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with engraving & stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.0 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 32 x 24 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1800.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1800.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9584
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 481
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 271